Betts blasts 2 homers and drives in 5 as the Dodgers crush the Rockies 15-6

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts homered twice, driving in five runs, and Kiké Hernández, Andy Pages and Will Smith went deep as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Colorado Rockies 15-6 on Tuesday night.

The Dodgers' 15 runs tied a season high. They pounded out 17 hits and limited the Rockies to four until the ninth. That's when Colorado scored five runs and had eight hits off position player Miguel Rojas, who came in to pitch.

Shohei Ohtani was left out of the offensive onslaught. The two-way superstar was 0 for 2 with a run scored. He was hit on the right hand by a pitch from Rockies starter Kyle Freeland in the fourth and left the game in the fifth after grounding out.

Betts got the home run derby going in the bottom of the first with a two-run, two-out shot off Freeland (1-6). The shortstop danced around second base and pumped his fist in a release of the offensive frustration he had been feeling while batting .165.

Manager Dave Roberts had dropped Betts to fourth from second in the order.

The Rockies closed to 2-1 on Hunter Goodman's homer on Eric Lauer's first pitch of the second. Catcher Brett Sullivan, who pitched the ninth, homered off Rojas and Kyle Karros, the son of former Dodger Eric Karros, added a three-run shot.

It was all Dodgers after that.

Lauer (2-5) got the win in his Dodgers debut.

Hernández led off the third with his first homer of the season a night after making his season debut. He missed the first 53 games while recovering from offseason left elbow surgery. Hernández left the game with a left oblique strain in the fifth.

Pages added a 418-foot shot — the longest homer of the game — to left-center, extending the lead to 4-1. The center fielder tied his career high with four hits.

The Dodgers tacked on four more runs in the fourth. Rojas scored on a wild pitch by Freeland, Pages had a two-run double and he scored on Freddie Freeman's sacrifice fly that made it 8-1.

In the fifth, the Dodgers got two more runs on Rojas' RBI double and defensive replacement Hyeseong Kim's sacrifice fly off Agnos.

Betts powered a five-run sixth with a three-run shot to center. Smith added a two-run homer that pushed Dodgers' lead to 15-1.

Rojas pitched the ninth in his 10th career mound appearance and second this season.

In an all-Japanese series finale, Colorado RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3, 3.86 ERA) starts Wednesday against Dodgers RHP Shohei Ohtani (4-2, 0.73).

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Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Eric Lauer throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after being hit by a pitch as home plate umpire Malachi Moore watches during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts, right, hits a two-run home run as Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland, left, and catcher Hunter Goodman watch during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona third baseman Nolan Arenado left the Diamondbacks’ 7-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night in the seventh inning because of groin tightness.

Arenado was replaced at third base by Jose Fernandez to start the bottom of the seventh after going 1 for 2 with a walk and a run scored. The Diamondbacks announced Arenado was removed with tightness in his right groin.

“I told (Arenado) let’s be smart about this," manager Torey Lovullo said after the win. “He’s day to day, so we’ll see how he feels tonight and tomorrow morning. We feel like he’s going to be OK, feel like he’s in a good spot.”

In the locker room, Arenado said he felt his groin tighten in the second inning while running from first to home. He then felt it worsen in the sixth after beating out a grounder to reach first base.

“Obviously, a little tight right now, but I didn’t feel a pull or anything,” Arenado said. “It was more precautionary than anything."

Arenado will not undergo imaging on his right groin.

The 10-time Gold Glove winner and eight-time All-Star is hitting .271 overall with seven home runs and 27 RBIs in his first season with Arizona. Arenado was acquired from St. Louis along with $31 million in January for right-hander Jack Martinez.

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Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Nolan Arenado fields a ground ball hit by San Francisco Giants' Casey Schmitt, which was turned into a double play, during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 25, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)